1979 NCAA Division III football season

American college football season August 2023 NCAA Division III 1979 August – November 1979 November – December 1979 Garrett-Harrison StadiumPhenix City, AL Ithaca The 1979 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1979, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1979 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Ithaca Bombers won their first Division III championship, defeating the Wittenberg Tigers by a final score of 14−10 in a re-match of the 1975 championship (won by Wittenberg).All-Time Division III Football Championship Records http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA NCAA.org November 1, 2014 4–15 Conference changes and new programs School 1978 conference 1979 conference FDU–Florham D-III Independent Middle Atlantic Central Florida New program D-III Independent Duquesne Revived program D-III Independent Miles SIAC Dropped Program Plattsburgh Independent Dropped Program Western Connecticut Independent (NAIA) NEFC Conference standings Conference champions Conference championsCollege Athletic Conference – Southwestern at Memphis, Rose–Hulman, and Sewanee College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin – Millikin Independent College Athletic Conference – Ithaca Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Dubuque Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Hope Middle Atlantic Conference – Lycoming (North), Widener (South) Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference – Lawrence Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Concordia–Moorhead, Saint John's (MN), St. Olaf, and St. Thomas (MN) New England Football Conference – New Haven New Jersey State Athletic Conference – Montclair State Northwest Conference – Pacific Lutheran Ohio Athletic Conference – Denison (Red Division), Wittenberg (Blue Division) Old Dominion Athletic Conference – Randolph-Macon Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference‡ – Lock Haven Presidents' Athletic Conference – Carnegie Mellon Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Claremont–Mudd–Scripps Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Morehouse Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Austin Twin Rivers Conference – Northwestern–St. Paul Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Wisconsin–River Falls Postseason The 1979 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the seventh annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the seventh consecutive year. Like the previous four championships, eight teams competed in this edition.1979 NCAA Division III National Football Championship Bracket http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_champs_records/2013/d3/champ.pdf NCAA NCAA.org November 1, 2014 14 Playoff bracket QuarterfinalsCampus Sites SemifinalsCampus Sites National Championship GameGarrett-Harrison StadiumPhenix City, AL 1979 Wittenberg Tigers Wittenberg 21 1979 Millersville Marauders Millersville 14 1979 Widener Pride Widener 29 1979 Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets Baldwin Wallace 8 1979 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Carnegie Mellon 31 1979 Minnesota–Morris Cougars Minnesota–Morris 25 Ithaca 27 1979 Dubuque Spartans Dubuque 7 Wittenberg 17 Widener 14 Carnegie Mellon 6 Ithaca 15 Wittenberg 10 Ithaca 14 See also 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1979 NCAA Division II football season 1979 NAIA Division I football season 1979 NAIA Division II football season References